an Eldis Resource
- The dynamics and sustainability of Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS): mapping challenges and pathways
- ( S. Movik;L. Mehta / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2010)
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Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) represents a radical alternative to conventional top-down approaches to sanitation, and offers hope of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This ...
- Going with the flow?: directions of innovation in the water and sanitation domain
- ( S. Movik;L. Mehta / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2009)
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This paper highlights challenges in terms of water and sanitation, and tests out how the concepts of directionality, diversity and distribution can act as guiding principles for future developments...
- Undying promise: agricultural biotechnology’s pro-poor narrative, ten years on
- ( D. Glover (ed) / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2009)
- Many people and organisations have sought to promote genetically modified (GM) crops as a ‘pro-poor’ technology; however, developing-country farmers’ experiences with GM crops have b...
- Can GM crops prevent famine?
- ( I Scoones (ed) / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2006)
- With growing populations and declines in yield growth of basic food crops in the post-Green...
- Biotechnology and the politics of truth: from the green revolution to an ‘evergreen revolution’
- ( S. Brooks / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2004)
- This paper investigates issues around the diffusion of genetially modified (GM) technologies and products to developing countries. This has become central to a debate that has shifted away from techni...
- The international response to highly pathogenic Avian Influenza: science, policy and politics
- ( I. Scoones;P. Forster / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2008)
- Over the last decade, the Avian Influenza virus, H5N1, has spread across most of Asia and Europe and parts of Africa. A major international response has been launched, backed by over US$2 billion of p...
- Epidemics for all? Governing health in a global age
- ( S. Dry / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2008)
- Current global health policy is often dominated by a preoccupation with infectious diseases. This paper from the STEPS Centre seeks to link a set of dominant narratives about epidemics and infectious ...
- Health in a dynamic world
- ( G. Bloom;J. Edström;M. Leach / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2007)
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Science increasingly promises solutions to health problems through new drugs, vaccines and other technologies. This working paper by the STEPS Centre aims to stimulate thought about how to make the...
- Re-framing resilience: a symposium report
- ( M. Leach (ed) / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2009)
- The concept of resilience is becoming more important in academic, policy and popular debate. Resilience thinking is valuable in highlighting the complex dynamics of social-economic-environmental syste...
- Understanding governance: pathways to sustainability
- ( M. Leach;G. Bloom;Ely A / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2007)
- This paper addresses the challenges of understanding the governance of dynamic social, technological and environmental systems, and their implications for sustainability and social justice. The paper ...
